Terminal Building

This 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" black and white photograph shows a ten-story terra cotta building. There is an awning on the street level covering the sidewalk, and many windows on all stories. There are several cars parked in front of the building and a few more driving in the street. The photograph is taken from a building across the street, and a ledge from that building is visible in the foreground. "Terminal Bldg" is written on the photograph.

Paul V. Hyland of Chicago designed the Terminal Building at the southwest corner of 10th and O Streets in Lincoln, Nebraska. A bronze plaque inside the lobby identifies the architect, contractor, and subcontractors, and proudly proclaims that the construction was accomplished in the brief span between January and August, 1916. Lincoln Traction Company developed the building, which was the "terminal" of its streetcar lines, as well as offering a retail outlet for appliances that used the company's electric service. A bay window on the mezzanine level at the north (right) side was the streetcar dispatcher's office, affording him views east and west on O Street, as well as north to the streetcars circling the Government Square block. The Commercial Style building, clad in white terra cotta, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.